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"This morning parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love—the nation mourns with them, Canada stands by them," says PM Mark Carney as he reacts to the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

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Writing Workshop poster. Workshop on Ritual and Creative Practice. Exercises and prompts. Small group. All materials included. February 10th 7-8pm in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. 299 Commercial Street. Cost 25 dollars. To register email coutureeold@gmail or call 902.217.5914

“Simple rituals can be extremely effective (reduce grief, anxiety and increase confidence). Rituals appear to benefit even people who claim not to believe that rituals work. Rituals can have a causal impact on people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.” (Gino & Norton, 2013).

Earlier today, Health Canada's Sixth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada was released. This annual data gives us important insight and understanding into who requests and receives MAID, and how and where it is delivered across the country.

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"Egg" poem by C.G. Hanzlicek

"In my #grief, my time writing was a place where I could dance with loss as it moved across my landscape (Kuhnke, 2023)."

Have you used #poetry or #journaling as a tool for grief?

You are welcome to share a piece of #writing or poetry below.

"Egg" by C.G. Hanzlicek

YouTube video by dobwat Brandon Flowers - The Clock Was Tickin' Acoustic

"Listening to sad music can lead to beneficial effects such as regulation of negative emotion and mood as well as consolation. Such beneficial emotional effects constitute the prime motivations for engaging with sad music in everyday life (Taruffi & Koelsch, 2014)."

Share your "Sad Song" below.

"Academia should consider changing "et al." to "& besties"

The millennial urge to mix business with pleasure to make business pleasurable.

Hello!! So happy to find you here!

This is the kind of "masculine energy" I LOVE.

My undergraduate office was located next door to a rat lab - made for interesting conversations with participants.
#psychology
#science
#research

Two 50-something men in the isle of the grocery store talking about how hard they had it as children. Both men describing physical/emotional abuse from their mothers without naming it - trying to laugh it off all while nodding and understanding. People WANT to talk. We NEED community grief spaces.

'That's where it begins': Men need to talk with other men to prevent intimate partner violence - Halifax Examiner Interviews with Dave Simpson, Russell Borden, and Tod Augusta-Scott who work with men at risk of committing or who have committed intimate partner violence.

In today's Morning File, articles by Jennifer Henderson and @joanbaxter.bsky.social.

I have more on HRM and X, plus interviews with men who work with men to prevent intimate partner violence. Also, photos in Province House of Black Nova Scotians in politics.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

"Mustard on the beat. And it could help you save a life with Hands-Only CPR." Thanks, @americanheart.bsky.social

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show Held Up A Mirror To America As a Black woman, Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show hit deeper than just entertainment. It was a bold statement on identity, resistance, and America’s complex history. Here’s why his performan...

#GriefEducation doesn't always look like private group sessions or public info-talks.

Children can't/don't even fake LOOKING interested. Gen Alpha gives major cat vibes. I'm equally as proud of them for it as I am nervous when approaching 🫣🤣

What to say when someone is grieving is tricky. Sometimes actions speak louder than words ‘Widowhood confused me and everyone around me was just as flummoxed about how to deal with a young widow’

It's OK to not know what to say. Let's talk about our lack of preparedness for difficult conversations.

Conversation Love Heart in orange. The prompt in the middle asks, "What would you tell your younger self about love?"

Valentine's Prompt: What would you tell your younger self about love?

The youth pull zero punches.

Your space looks like a great way to get lost for a few hours. Thanks for sharing.

Police officer charged in intimate partner violence case SiRT release: The Director of the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that an off-duty RCMP Officer committed a criminal offence in relation to an inci...

So many layers of grief in this case. #NovaScotia is feeling every bit of it as more and more cases flood our news streams. And, we know that's only the reported and covered ones.
#IPV #IntimatePartnerViilence

This read was especially timely for me. My daughter Lola's birthday is tomorrow. Thank you for sharing.

Everything about this makes me want to scream. UGH.

Corduroy Bear says "Unfortunately I have been plagued with a sinister sense of melancholia since birth."

Core Provincial Funding IS Community Grief Care. Time spent applying for grants is time taken away from doing the actual work. Every second counts. Every minute matters.

Lemon is a peach 🍑

Die With Me is a chat app you can only use when you have less than 5% battery.

The perfect product for this day and age: zeroing in on the human need for connection and the driving desire to get the hell off our phones.

Go down in a blaze of connection!
diewithme.online/

Thank you for re-sharing.

Public awareness being increased in N.S. after killings linked to intimate partner violence - Halifax | Globalnews.ca Nova Scotia's justice minister says the provincial government is working to increase awareness about support for those experiencing intimate partner violence.

Let's also address the grief this brings to family members (often children), witnesses, and communities.